Good post, I agree with everything you said. The basic fact is, people in advertisers are all of the same ilk: They are conniving weasels looking for any opportunity to push their products, even if it means annoying the hell out of people. When confronted, they always say "This is the new reality of the Internet..." To that I say: Bullshit! Who are THEY do dictate what the new realities of the Net are?
The best was after Sept 11, when X10 voluntarily disabled popups for a few days. What they were saying was: "To show our respect for those who were affected by the tragedy, we're going to stop annoying the fuck out of you for a few days." What a joke! Advertisers and marketers are ALL anoying weasels!
More GREEDY BS from a company riding high on the hog during an economic downturn! Google, I have a message for you: If you try to charge me, I will stop using your site. It's really as simple as that!
There is no excuse for trying to capitalize on the "new phase" of the Net, in which companies start trying to charge for services that used to be free.
Frankly, I think it's a despicable and opportunistic ploy, one which will lead to the downfall of what is admittedly a pretty good search engine.
To reiterate: Google, if you try to charge me, I will leave and NEVER come back!
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Good post, I agree with everything you said. The basic fact is, people in advertisers are all of the same ilk: They are conniving weasels looking for any opportunity to push their products, even if it means annoying the hell out of people. When confronted, they always say "This is the new reality of the Internet..." To that I say: Bullshit! Who are THEY do dictate what the new realities of the Net are? The best was after Sept 11, when X10 voluntarily disabled popups for a few days. What they were saying was: "To show our respect for those who were affected by the tragedy, we're going to stop annoying the fuck out of you for a few days." What a joke! Advertisers and marketers are ALL anoying weasels!
More GREEDY BS from a company riding high on the hog during an economic downturn! Google, I have a message for you: If you try to charge me, I will stop using your site. It's really as simple as that! There is no excuse for trying to capitalize on the "new phase" of the Net, in which companies start trying to charge for services that used to be free. Frankly, I think it's a despicable and opportunistic ploy, one which will lead to the downfall of what is admittedly a pretty good search engine. To reiterate: Google, if you try to charge me, I will leave and NEVER come back!